Anacron Alternatives

Anacron is described as 'Periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the system is running continuously. It can therefore be used to control the execution of daily, weekly and monthly jobs (or anything with a period' and is an app in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Anacron for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Anacron alternative is AutoHotkey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Anacron are AutoIt, UI.Vision RPA, FastKeys and Pulover’s Macro Creator.

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    This is an app that allows you to record the movements of the mouse and save it to then perform the recorded movements and clicks with the mouse without user interaction, this can be useful to do some tasks. It has terminal mode to it from a terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Free download of a highspeed auto clicker. Works great with cookie clicker, ARK and other stuff!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Automatically cleans up your folders for you on a regular basis, deleting files that haven't been accessed for a long time. Cleanup rules can be customized to set up which folders, which file types, and the validity period for files.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Apple Assistive Touch On Android Phone (ROOT/NON ROOT) Replay clicks / drags in one click only.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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    Formerly iKey (changed with v2.6, 2017-04-12), yKey creates shortcuts for an action or sequence of actions that can be launched by hotkey, menu, timer, event or a USB trigger.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Clicador is basically an auto clicker, that is simple a program that simulates mouse clicking. It's fairly generic and will work alongside any other computer program running at the time and acting as though a physical mouse button is pressed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    If you have a disability that makes it difficult or impossible to click your mouse, Nimble Click can help. Nimble Click helps click your mouse for you at a set rate. You can even use a custom keyboard shortcut to click for you.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Ornix automatically organizes your messy Downloads folder. Set it once, and Ornix watches your folders, sorting files into categories like Documents, Images, Videos, and more.

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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    Guard automates various tasks by running custom rules whenever file or directories are modified.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    ActiveBatch is the most user-friendly workload automation and job scheduling platform, empowering users to orchestrate their entire tech stack, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Manage your critical processes with the largest job step library and a low-code Super REST API adapter.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ActiveBatch Workload Automation is the most popular Web-based alternative to Anacron.

    • ActiveBatch Workload Automation is Paid and ProprietaryAnacron is Free and Open Source
    • ActiveBatch Workload Automation is Privacy focusedAnacron is not according to our users
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